Pharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment

Medicare reforms have been having a major effect on the pharmaceuticals industry. The focus is on how to keep costs low and keeping customers satisified. All companies in this industry have been using IT as a means of driving costs out of their business processes. Nearly all drug and medical supply companies are using ERP packages and E-Commerce.

Surveys

Below is a chart on the insurance industry's statistics gathered by Information Week Magazine since 1995.   Click on the links to view Information Week's pdf* charts. 

  1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
Rank

Company
Application
Development
     
E-Business      
Customer
Management
           
Business Processes/
ERP
     
Data Access        
Revenue      
Income (Loss)      
Revenue Change      
Income Change      
Total Employees  
Revenue per
Employee
     
IT Employees  
IT Budget    
% Outsourcing        
% Internet        
Selling on Web           
Procurement on the Web        
% Reengineer        
% Client Server        

 

Source:  InformationWeek Online, InformationWeek 500 Industry Charts

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